Friday , November 8 2024

Tors

I don’t think I would be far wrong in suggesting that there are very few places on Dartmoor from which a tor of some kind is not visible. This is hardly surprising as it is the literal bedrock of the moor and what we see today are mere vestiges of what once existed. I can remember once stood in a Dartmoor Park Visitors Centre and hearing an overseas visitor ask, “who built the tors?”, well I think if we knew the answer to that the world would be a much better place than it is today. I have also heard the question asked, “how many tors are there”? again that is a difficult one to answer. Mainly because what can be classified as an actual tor? There are the obvious massive granite outcrops which clearly can be described as a tor but then there are the tiny eroded remains that today exist as nothing more than a few boulders.

The O.E.D. defines the word as meaning,

 

a hill or rocky peak, whose origin is the Old English word torr, perhaps of a Celtic origin and related to Welsh tor ‘belly’ and Scottish Gaelic tórr ‘bulging hill‘.

 

However, on Dartmoor things are a bit different, some say the word derived from the Celtic word twr which meant a  ‘tower’. The definition of a tor is “a prominent outcrop of rock that can occur at any point between valley floor and hilltop”. The majority of tors consist of granite however there are some on the moor edges that are of greenstone, elvan, and quartz-schorl. The natural weathering of the tors produces secondary features such as rock-basins, logan stones, clitters, and tolmen stones.

So how did the tors come to be? For the beginnings we shall have to delve deep into the annals of time to around about 280 million years ago. This was when the molten granite which was at a temperature of between 900 and 1000ºC cooled and began to solidify. As this process took place the minerals which make up granite crystallised as tightly knit grains which gave the rock its natural hardness. There are three main types of mineral to be found in granite, Feldspar, Biotite, and Quartz, this combination gives the Dartmoor Granite its distinctive hues of colour.

When the still hot granite was still hot but solid the contraction caused vertical open fractures to appear and eventually form the distinct ‘joints’. At the same time hot water flowed through these joints and deposited a lining of quartz and tourmaline crystals in them. The orientation of the joint pattern was controlled by two things, the pressure in the earth’s crust and the actual movements along faults.

 

The granite was covered by a layer of mostly slate and sandstone which was between 2 – 3 km thick. In geological time scales this layer was eroded away fairly quickly and once the pressure of this overlying rock was removed the granite began to expand upwards. This movement started the formation of the horizontal joints, a good example being that of Chat tor in the photograph above. The joints tend to follow the topography of the surrounding land insomuch as on the hilltop tors the joints run horizontally and in the valley tors they may be inclined.

The granite was then over a lengthy period of timed weakened by the process of kaolinisation. This occurred when hot water which had been heated from within the granite by natural radiation, began to circulate and break down the feldspar minerals. As these are one of the major components of granite (30-40%) this process resulted the formation of a white clay called kaolin. You only have to drive across Lee Moor or walk up to Redlake to see the extent of this process. This began the lengthy task of shaping the tor formations.

Around about 60 – 30 million years ago Dartmoor was experiencing a sub-tropical climate and was covered with trees and vegetation. As the vegetation began to rot the rainwater percolated acidic water down through the granite. This resulted in further weakening of the rock, especially along the joints through which the water ran and once agin the erosional forces began to further shape the granite.

Between 2 million to 10,000 years ago Dartmoor was experiencing an Ice Age and this too began a process of erosion. Probably the most damaging of these forces was the ‘freeze thaw’ effect. This is where water lying in the joints is frozen and the expanding ice forces the granite apart and causes blocks of rock to fall away. This loose material then rolled off downhill, aided by the permanently frozen ground underneath. In warmer spells the frozen surface layers began to thaw and the resulting ‘mudflow’ would then carry granite debris of all shapes and sizes downhill. In some areas of Dartmoor huge blocks and boulders were carried up to 1 km during this process which eventually formed the clitters we see today. Eventually all of the loose material from around the cores of granite were eroded leaving us with the tors of today.

Ever since man has lived on Dartmoor he has utilised the granite in every conceivable way. Initially it made his home, cooked his food, enclosed his fields, and built his ritual monuments. This trend never ceased and in later years the granite made his roads, his buildings, and in some cases his fortune as the Quarry owners knew all too well. Today the tors bring in the visitors who along with many of the locals always have an irresistible urge to climb on top of a granite outcrop and stand and stare as if it was they had conquered their personal ‘Everest’. They provide sheltered picnic spots, climbing challenges, hiding places for letterboxes, viewpoints, navigational points, and much much more.

 

So to return to the original question as to how many tors there are. William Crossing suggests 147 which when looking at the OS map is believable. Over the years I have been building a database of Dartmoor place-names and below are 433 names which have been used to name the tors of Dartmoor. That is not to say that there are 433 tors as many of them have been known as various names down through the ages and this list contains all the ‘aliases’ as well. Many of them no longer appear on the modern maps but they have all been used at some time or other. The sources I have used to compile this list includes maps, books, documents, and gazetteers of all ages. I believe this to be the most comprehensive list yet to be published and it is still growing. Only today I was reading a feature in the latest issue of the ‘Dartmoor News’ where it was saying that under the new CROW act there is now access to ‘Pin Tor’, a tor I had never come across

The Gazetteer of Dartmoor Tors

© Tim Sandles 2006/7

Tor Name OS Grid Ref Also Known As
AISH TOR SX 702     715
ARCH TOR SX 6336 7817
ARMS TOR SX 541     863
ASHBURY TOR SX 6050 9405
ATHER TOR SX 7580 7690 AKA Hay, Hey, High, & Solar Tor.
AYLESBOROUGH TOR SX 5995 6860 AKA Eylesbarrow Tor, Ellisborough Tor.
BAGTOR SX 7620 7575
BAGGA TOR SX 5480 8050 AKA Baketorre & Bog Tor
BAKETORRE SX 5480 8050 AKA Bagga Tor.
BEARA TOR SX 553     679 AKA Burra Tor, Berra Tor.
BEARDOWN TORS SX 60         77
BEE TOR SX 7082 8440
BEL TOR SX 697     730
BELL TOR SX 7305 7785
BELLAFORD TOR SX 644     764 AKA Bellever Tor.
BELLEVER TOR SX 644     764 AKA Bellaford Tor.
BELSTONE TORS SX 61         92
BENCH TOR SX 691     716 AKA Benjy Tor.
BENJY TOR SX 691     716 AKA Bench Tor.
BERRA TOR SX 5520 6790 AKA Beara Tor, Burra Tor, Beera Tor.
BERRA TOR SX 4780    6905
BEYONDER TOR SX 6192 7922 AKA Little Whitten Tor.
BILLY’S TOR SX 5673 7450
BIRCH TOR SX 687     814 AKA Warren Tor.
BLACK TOR SX 567     895 AKA Blacktorr Hedges, Blacka Tor, Great Black Tor
BLACK TOR SX 573     718
BLACK TOR SX 681     635
BLACKA TOR SX 567     895 AKA Black Tor.
BLACKA TOR SX 666     750
BLACKA TOR SX 6943 7850
BLACKADON TOR SX 712     734
BLACKALDER TOR SX 5674 6159 AKA Blackaller Tor
BLACKALLER TOR SX 5674 6159 AKA Blackalder Tor.
BLACKATON TOR SX 7104 7342 An outlying pile of Blackaton Tor.
BLAKEY TOR SX 6130 7366 AKA Colden Tor.
BOG TOR SX 5480 8058 AKA Bagga Tor & Baketorre.
BOT TOR SX 8270 8050
BOULTERS TOR SX 5250 7806
BRACKEN TOR SX 5884 9386
BRADDON TOR SX 6225 7990 AKA Broadown Tor
BRAI TOR SX 5398 8557 AKA Brat, Widgery, Broad, & Lur Tor
BRAT TOR SX 5398 8557 AKA Brai, Widgery, Broad, & Lur Tor
BRAZEN TOR SX 547     806 AKA Brouzen Tor, Brownsdon Tor.
BRENT TOR SX 471     804
BRIMAGE TOR SX 57?? 60?? AKA Bromedge Tor
BRIMHILL TOR SX 5185 7948
BROAD TOR SX 5398 8557 AKA Brai, Brat, Widgery, & Lur Tor
BROADOWN TOR SX 6225 7990 AKA Braddon Tor
BROOMAGE TOR SX 57?? 60?? AKA Brimmage Tor
BROUZEN TOR SX 545    806 AKA Brownsdon Tor, Brazen Tor
BROWNSDON TOR SX 545     806 AKA Brounzen Tor, Brazen Tor.
BUCK TOR SX 4802 6989
BURRA TOR SX 553     679 AKA Beara Tor, Berra Tor,
BUTTERN TOR SX 6530 8868 AKA The Cuckoo Stone.
CADWORTHY TOR SX 5421 6418 AKA Oxen Tor.
CALLISHAM TOR SX 5380 6640
CALVESLAKE TOR SX 6081 6761
CASTLE, THE SX 552     867 AKA Great Links Tor, Great Lynx Tor.
CHARBE TOR SX 731? 774? AKA Bone Hill Rocks.
CHAT TOR SX 5553 8523 AKA Clatter Tor.
CHINKWELL TOR SX 728     718 AKA Chinkywell.
CHINKYWELL SX 728     718 AKA Chinkwell Tor.
CHIP TOR SX 555     722 AKA Ingra Tor, Inner Tor, Ingater Tor, Johnson’s Quarry
CHUB TOR SX 5200 6610
CLAIG TOR SX 549     677
CLARET TOR SX 6652 5862 AKA Creber Rocks.
CLATTER TOR SX 5553 8528 AKA Chat Tor
CLAY TOR SX 568     781 AKA Small Tor.
CLEAG TOR SX 5494 6759 AKA Click Tor & Yannadon Crags.
CLEAVE ROCKS SX 6090 9408 AKA Cleave Tor & The Coronet
CLEAVE TOR SX 6090 9408 AKA Cleave Rocks & The Coronet.
CLICK TOR SX 5494 6759 AKA Cleag Tor & Yannadon Crags.
COCKS TOR SX 531     762 AKA Cox Tor.
COLDEN TOR SX 6130 7366 AKA Blakey Tor.
COLLARD TOR SX 5571 6215
COMBESHEAD TOR SX 587     688
COMBESTONE TOR SX 670     718 AKA Cumston Tor
CONIES DOWN TOR SX 5892 7910
COOMBE TOR SX 6858 8718
CORNDON NORTH TOR SX 687     747
CORNDON TOR SX 687     742 AKA Curnen Tor, Quarnian Tor
CORONET, THE SX 6090 9480 AKA Cleave Tor & Cleave Rocks.
COURTON TOR SX 613     737 Taken from Shillibeer’s map.
COX TOR SX 531     762 AKA Cocks Tor.
CRAMBER TOR SX 5836 7118 AKA Cramberplana.
CRAMBERPLANA SX 5836 7118 AKA Cramber Tor.
CRANE TOR SX 622     690 AKA Crane Hill.
CREWTOR SX 6070 7871 AKA Crow Tor.
CRIP TOR SX 5615 7312
CROCKERN TOR SX 6156 7577 Site of The Stannary Parliament.
CROUGHTER SX 6069 7871 AKA Little Crow Tor.
CROW TOR SX 6070 7871 AKA Crewtor.
CROWNHILL TOR SX 5748 6087
CUMSTON TOR SX 670     718 AKA Combestone Tor.
CURNEN TOR SX 687     742 AKA Corndon Tor.
CUT TOR SX 578     669 AKA Gutter Tor, Gotetorre & Gotterknap Tor.
DEVILS TOR SX 5969 7962
DINGER TOR SX 5862 8810
DOE TOR SX 542     848
DOWN TOR SX 580     694
DREAM TOR SX 7709 7678
EAGLES HILL SX 581     902 AKA Yes Tor
EASDON TOR SX 7295 8230
EAST BIRCH TOR SX 6890 8085
EAST MILL TOR SX 599     901
EAST TOR SX 543     899 Main pile at N.W. of Sourton Tors.
EAST TOR SX 5644 7247 AKA. Yes Tor.
EAST TOR SX 580     643 AKA Great Trowlesworthy Tor.
EASTERN TOR SX 584     665
ELLISBOROUGH TOR SX 5995 6860 AKA Eylesbarrow Tor, Aylesborough Tor.
EYLESBARROW TOR SX 5995 6860 AKA Aylesborough Tor, Ellisborough Tor.
FEATHER TOR SX 535     741 AKA Fede Tor.
FEATHER TOR SX 7472 8155 An outcrop of Manaton Tor.
FEDE TOR SX 535     741 AKA Feather Tor.
FLAT TOR SX 609     816
FOGGIN TOR SX 567     735 AKA Vokketorre
FORTER SX 588     831 AKA Fur Tor & Vur Tor
FOX TOR SX 5138 7883
FOX TOR SX 6260 6980
FOXWORTHY TOR SX 761     821 AKA Small Tor.
FRENCHBERE TOR SX 6715 8542 AKA Frenchbere Rock
FUR TOR SX 5655 7249
FUR TOR SX 588     831 AKA Vur Tor & Forter.
GER TOR SX 547     831 AKA Great Tor, Gordetorre.
GIBBY COMBE TOR SX 687     687
GIDLEIGH TOR SX 6712 8779 AKA Princeps Folly.
GORDETORRE SX 547     831 AKA Ger Tor.
GOTETORRE SX 578     669 AKA Gutter Tor, Gotterknap Tor, Cut Tor.
GOTTERKNAP TOR SX 578     669 AKA Cut Tor, Gotetorre & Gutter Tor.
GRANATE TOR SX 552? 892? AKA Granite Tor, Sourton Tor.
GRANITE TOR SX 552? 892? AKA Granate Tor, Sourton Tor.
GREA TOR SX 7514 7910 AKA Greator Rocks, Grettor Bridge.
GREAT BLACK TOR SX 567     895 AKA Black Tor.
GREAT COMBE TOR SX 523     775
GREAT HAY TOR SX 5500 8430
GREAT HAY TOR SX 551     842 AKA. Hare Tor.
GREAT HOUND TOR SX 743     790 AKA Hound Tor.
GREAT KING TOR SX 709     816 AKA King Tor
GREAT LINKS TOR SX 552     867 AKA Great Lynx Tor & The Castle
GREAT LYNX TOR SX 552     867 AKA Great Links Tor & The Castle
GREAT MIS TOR SX 562     769
GREAT STAPLE TOR SX 542     760 AKA Great Steeple Tor
GREAT STEEPLE TOR SX 542     760 AKA Great Staple Tor
GREAT TOR SX 547     831 AKA Ger Tor
GREAT TROWLESWORTHY TOR SX 580     643 AKA East Tor.
GREEN TOR SX 5510 8798 AKA Gren Tor & Grenny Tor.
GREEN TOR SX 562     864
GREN TOR SX 5510 8798 AKA Green Tor & Grenny Tor.
GRENNY TOR SX 5510 8798 AKA Green Tor & Gren Tor.
GRETTOR BRIDGE SX 7514 7910 AKA Grea Tor.
GRIMS TOR SX 703     806 AKA Hameldown Tor.
GUTTER TOR SX 578     669 AKA Gotterknap Tor, Gotetorre & Cut Tor.
HALL TOR SX 6383 6014 AKA Tristis Rock.
HAMELDOWN TOR SX 703     806 AKA Grims Tor
HAMPSTER TOR SX 581     902 AKA High Willhays
HARE TOR SX 551     842 AKA.The Volcano, Great Hay Tor.
HARE TOR SX 601     911
HART TOR SX 581     720
HART TOR SX 6010 9112
HARTL& TOR SX 6417 7992
HARTOR SX 678     740 AKA Yar Tor, Heart Tor & Hartor.
HAWKS TOR SX 5522 6252 AKA Oxter Tor.
HAY TOR SX 7580 7690 AKA Ather, Hey, High, & Solar Tor.
HAYNE DOWN TORS SX 74         80 Group of rock outcrops.
HAZEL TOR SX 731     716 AKA Auswell Rocks, Lion Rock.
HEART TOR SX 678     740 AKA Yar Tor, Hurtestorre & Hartor
HECKWOOD TOR SX 5390 7374
HEL TOR SX 7996 8702
HEN TOR SX 5933 6530 AKA Hind Tor
HERNE HOLE TOR SX 5808 7460
HEXTON TOR SX 582     637
HEYTOR SX 7580 7690 AKA Ather,, Hay, High, & Solar Tor
HIGH TOR SX 5119 7868
HIGH TOR SX 7580 7690 AKA Ather, Hay, Hey, & Solar Tor.
HIGHER DUNNAGOAT TOR SX 5576 8650
HIGHER HART TOR SX 5996 6774
HIGHER TOR SX 6128 9171
HIGHER TOR SX 6979 7260
HIGHER WHITE TOR SX 620     780 AKA Whitten Tor, & Waydon Tor.
HIND TOR SX 5933 6530 AKA Hen Tor.
HOAX TOR SX 6221 8011
HOCKINSTON TOR SX 6951 7194
HOLEWYLTORRE SX 751     777 AKA Holwell Tor.
HOLLOW TOR SX 5710 7454 AKA Stone Tor.
HOLLOW TOR SX 7313 7620
HOLWELL TOR SX 751     777 AKA Holewyltorre
HONEYBAG TOR SX 729     787
HOO TOR SX 612     900 AKA Oke, Ock, Oak Tor.
HOOK-IN-TOR SX 6951 7194 AKA Hucken Tor,Okel Tor.
HOOKNER TOR SX 699     813 AKA Hookney Tor.
HOOKNEY TOR SX 699     813 AKA Hookner Tor.
HOUND TOR SX 6289 8901 AKA Round Tor
HOUND TOR SX 743     790 AKA Great Hound Tor.
HUCCABY TOR SX 6566 7397
HUCKEN TOR SX 549     738 AKA Hook-in-Tor, Okel Tor, Hulkynctore.
HULKYNCTORE SX 549     738 AKA Hucken Tor.
HUNT TOR SX 5570 8749
HUNTERS TOR SX 7220 8975
HUNTERS TOR SX 7662 8248
HURSTON CASTLE TOR SX 6836 8341
HURTESTORRE SX 678     740 AKA Yar Tor, Hartor, & Heart Tor.
INCLINE PLAIN TOR SX 562     729
INGATER TOR SX 555     721 AKA Chip Tor, Inner Tor & Ingra Tor.
INGRA TOR SX 555     721 AKA Chip Tor, Inner Tor, Ingater Tor.
INNER TOR SX 555     721 AKA Chip Tor, Ingater Tor & Ingra Tor.
IVY TOR SX 6280 9361
KENT TOR SX 5174 7935 AKA Kenter Tor
KENTER TOR SX 5174 7935 AKA Kent Tor
KES TOR SX 6655 8628
KING TOR SX 709     816 AKA Great King Tor
KING’S TOR SX 556     739
KINGSHEAD TOR SX 709     779
KIT TOR SX 5672 8747 AKA Kitty Tor.
KITTY TOR SX 5672 8747 AKA Kit Tor.
KNATTABOROUGH TOR SX 6109  9100 Partly worked stones on slopes.
LADYBROOK TOR SX 6254 9236
LANGWORTHY TOR SX 7065 7677
LAUGHTER TOR SX 653     757 AKA Lough Tor
LAUNCESTON TOR SX 7265 7220 AKA Long Score Tor
LEEDON TOR SX 563     719
LEGHTETORR SX 711     714 AKA Leigh Tor.
LEGIS TOR SX 5710 6557 AKA New Warren Tor.
LEIGH TOR SX 711     714 AKA Long Tor, Leghetorr.
LEIGHON TOR SX 757     787
LENNECK TOR SX 552     867 AKA Great Links Tor.
LETHER TOR SX 563     700 AKA Lodertorre.
LINTS TOR SX 580     875 AKA The Sphinx
LITTAFORD TOR SX 6157  7715 AKA Longbetor.
LITTLE BEE TOR SX 6162 7690
LITTLE BOULTERS TOR SX 5246 7800
LITTLE COCKS TOR SX 528     765 AKA Little Cox Tor, Reeps Tor.
LITTLE COMBE TOR SX 5205 7772
LITTLE COX TOR SX 528     765 AKA Little Cocks Tor, Reeps Tor.
LITTLE CROW TOR SX 6069 7871 AKA Croughter.
LITTLE DOWN TOR SX 5768 6937
LITTLE FORD TOR SX 6157 7715 AKA Littaford Tor & Longbetor.
LITTLE FOX TOR SX 6215 6980 AKA Yonder Tor.
LITTLE HARE TOR SX 5469 8413 AKA Little Hay Tor.
LITTLE HAY TOR SX 5469 8413 AKA Little Hare Tor.
LITTLE HEN TOR SX 5934 6528
LITTLE HOUND TOR SX 632     899 AKA Little Whithill, Round Tor, Parva Hundetorre.
LITTLE KING TOR SX 554     738
LITTLE LINKS TOR SX 5471 8698 AKA Little Lynx Tor
LITTLE LONGAFORD TOR SX 6159 7776
LITTLE LYNX TOR SX 5471 8698 AKA Little Links Tor
LITTLE MIS TOR SX 5640 7630 AKA Wain Tor.
LITTLE PEW TOR SX 531     732 AKA Samford Tor.
LITTLE STAPLE TOR SX 5386 7537 AKA Little Steeple Tor
LITTLE STEEPLE TOR SX 5386 7537 AKA Little Staple Tor
LITTLE TOR SX 5770 6459 AKA Little Trowlesworthy Tor.
LITTLE TOR SX 5894 9068
LITTLE TROWLESWORTHY TOR SX 5770 6459 AKA Little Tor.
LITTLE WHIT TOR SX 538     787
LODERTORRE SX 563     700 AKA Lether Tor.
LOGATOR SX 6850 7202 AKA Lug Tor, Lucky Tor, & Looka Tor
LONG SCORE TOR SX 7265 7220 AKA Launceston Tor
LONG TOR SX 711     714 AKA Leigh Tor.
LONGAFORD TOR SX 616     779 AKA South Beetor.
LONGBETOR SX 6157 7715 AKA Littaford Tor, & Little Ford Tor
LONGTIMBER TOR SX 5094 7826
LOOKA TOR SX 6850 7202 AKA Lucky Tor, Lug Tor, Raven Rock & Logator.
LOOKOUT TOR SX 5970 7233 AKA South Hessary Tor.
LOUGH TOR SX 653     757 AKA Laughter Tor.
LOUGHTEN TOR SX 667     835 AKA Lowton Rocks & Lowton Borough.
LOWER DUNNAGOAT TOR SX 5575 8632
LOWER HART TOR SX 6035 6752
LOWER WHITE TOR SX 6192 7922 AKA Beeyonder Tor.
LOWERY TOR SX 5560 6970
LUCKY TOR SX 6850 7202 AKA Lug Tor, Logator, Looka Tor, & Raven Rock.
LUG TOR SX 6850 7202 AKA Lucky Tor, Logator, Looka Tor, & Raven Rock.
LUR TOR SX 6225 7990 AKA Broadown Tor & Braddon Tor
LUXTON TOR SX ???     ???
LYDFORD SHARP SX 5501 8488 AKA Sharp Tor, Sharpator.
LYDFORD TOR SX 5995 7818
LYNCH TOR SX  565     807
MAIDEN TOR SX 5620 6810
MANATON TOR SX 7483 8156 AKA Manaton Rocks.
MEL TOR SX 693     725 AKA Molletor Tor, & Mil Tor.
MID TOR SX 5346 6929
MIDDLE STAPLE TOR SX 540     756 AKA Middle Steeple Tor
MIDDLE STEEPLE TOR SX 540     756 AKA Middle Staple Tor
MIDDLE TOR SX 6690 8583
MIDDLEWORTH TOR SX 5725 6935
MIL TOR SX 693     725 AKA Mel Tor.
MOLLETOR SX 693     725 AKA Mel Tor
NARROW TOR SX 5671 6870
NAT TOR SX 5458 8239
NAT TOR SX 5735 6730
NEW WARREN TOR SX 5710 6557 AKA Legis Tor.
NORTH HESSARY TOR SX 5783 7422 AKA Ysfother
NORTH TOR SX 6910 7192
OAK TOR SX 612    900 AKA Oke Tor & Ock Tor
OCK TOR SX 612     900 AKA Oak Tor & Oke Tor
OKE TOR SX 612     900 AKA Hoo Tor, Oak Tor & Ock Tor
OKEL TOR SX 549     738 AKA Hucken Tor & Hook-in-the-Tor.
OVALS TOR SX 751     777 AKA Holwell Tor
OVER TOR SX 558     753
OXEN TOR SX 5421 6418 AKA Cadworthy Tor
OXTER TOR SX 5522 6252 AKA Hawks Tor.
PARVA HUNDETORRE SX 632     899 AKA Little Hound Tor & Round Tor.
PETERSTONE ROCKS SX 542     787 AKA White Tor, Peter Tor
PETER TOR SX 542     787 AKA Whit Tor, Peterstone Rock
PETRE’S CROSS TOR SX 6535 6549 AKA Western Whittabarrow.
PEW TOR SX 533     735 AKA Pewterdowne.
PEWTERDOWNE SX 533     735 AKA Pew Tor.
PIL TOR SX 7350 7595
PIN TOR SX 7561 8875
PIZWELL TOR SX 6703 7779 Suggestive name.
PLANE TOR SX 554     780
QUARNIAN TOR SX 687     742 AKA Corndon Tor.
QUEEN OF THE MOOR SX 588     831 AKA Vur Tor & Fur Tor
RABBITS TOR SX 6338 6998
RAVEN TOR SX 747     756 AKA Rippon Tor
RAVEN’S TOR SX 5041 8400
RAVEN’S TOR SX 7614 8190 AKA Raven’s Tower.
RAVEN’S TOWER SX 7614 8190 AKA Raven’s Tor.
REEP’S TOR SX 528     765 AKA Little Cocks Tor & Little Cox Tor.
RIFLE TOR SX 6431 8802 AKA. Rival Tor  & Ripper Tor.
RIPPER TOR SX 6431 8802 AKA Rival Tor & Rifle Tor.
RIPPON TOR SX 747     756 AKA Raven Tor.
RIVAL TOR SX 6431 8802 AKA Rifle Tor & Ripper Tor.
ROLLS TOR SX 543     766 AKA Roos Tor.
ROOK TOR SX 6025 6168
ROOS TOR SX 543     766 AKA Rolls Tor & Rulestorre.
ROUGE TOR SX 53?? 73??
ROUGE TOR SX 542     738
ROUGH TOR SX 5790 6850
ROUGH TOR SX 5930 9164 AKA Row Tor.
ROUGH TOR SX 6060 7981 AKA Rowter.
ROUND HILL TOR SX 606     739 Three rock piles.
ROUND TOR SX 6289 8901 AKA Hound Tor
ROUND TOR SX 632     899 AKA Little Hound Tor & Parva Hundetorre
ROUNDHILL TOR SX 6054 7393
ROW TOR SX 5930 9164 AKA. Rough Tor
ROW TOR SX 6060 7981
ROWDEN TOR SX 699     759 A circular, low, flat outcrop.
ROWTER SX 6060 7981 AKA Rough Tor.
ROYAL TOR SX 6180 7263
RULESTORRE SX 543     766 AKA Roos Tor.
RUNDLESTONE TOR SX 576     745
SADDLE TOR SX 751     763
SAMFORD TOR SX 531     732 AKA Little Pew Tor.
SAMPFORD TOR SX 532     731
SCABATORA SX 7234 7500 AKA Scobetor
SCOBETORRE SX 7234 7500 AKA Scobetor
SCAREY TOR SX 6066 9230 AKA Skurry Tor & Skir Tor
SCOBETOR SX 7234 7500 AKA Scabatora & Scobetorre
SCORHILL TOR SX 6585 8710 AKA. Scorhill Rocks.
SENTINEL OF THE CLEAVE SX 547     831
SET TOR SX 5324 7799
SHADYBACK TOR SX 5666 6506 AKA Shearaback Tor.
SHAPLEY TOR SX 669    821
SHARP TOR SX 5254 7710
SHARP TOR SX 5501 8488 AKA Lydford Sharp & Sharpator.
SHARP TOR SX 560     703 AKA Sharp-a-Tor.
SHARP TOR SX 649     617
SHARP TOR SX 686    730
SHARP TOR SX 7286 7806 Rockpile on southern side of Chinkwell tor.
SHARP TOR SX 729     899
SHARPATOR SX 5501 8488 AKA Sharp Tor & Lydford Sharp.
SHARP-A-TOR SX 560     703 AKA Sharp Tor, Sharpetorre, & Sharpatorrbeme.
SHARPATORRBEME SX 560     703 AKA Sharp-A-Tor.
SHARPETORRE SX 560     703 AKA Sharp-A-Tor.
SHARPITOR SX 7722 8142
SHAVERCOMBE TOR SX 5940 6618
SHEARABACK TOR SX 5666 6506 AKA Shadyback Tor.
SHEEPS TOR SX 566     682 AKA ShisTor & Shepystor.
SHELL TOR SX 5980 6382
SHELSTONE TOR SX 5579 8980
SHEPYSTOR SX 566     682 AKA Sheeps Tor & ShisTor.
SHERRABACK TOR SX 5666 6506 AKA Shadyback Tor
SHILSTONE TOR SX 6582 9020
SHIPLEY TOR SX 6851 6319
SHISTOR SX 566     682 AKA ShepysTor & SheepsTor.
SIDDAFORD TOR SX 633    836 AKA Sittaford Tor.
SITTAFORD TOR SX 633     836 AKA Siddaford Tor.
SKAT TOR SX 82?? 85?? AKA. Skatter Rock.
SKIR TOR SX 6066 9230 AKA Scarey Tor & Scurry Tor.
SKURRY TOR SX 6066 9230 AKA Scarey Tor  & Skir Tor.
SNAPPERS TOR SX 5710 6925
SOLAR TOR SX 7580 7690 AKA Ather, Hay, Hey, & High Tor.
SOURTON TOR SX 552? 892? AKA Granite tor & Granate Tor.
SOURTON TORS SX 542     899
SOUTH BETOR SX 616     779 AKA Longaford Tor.
SOUTH HESSARY TOR SX 5970 7233 AKA Lookout Tor.
SOUTH TOR SX 6917 7161
STANNON TOR SX 6465 8112
STEEPERTON TOR SX 618     888
STENGA TOR SX 5680 8800 AKA Stinka Tor, Sourton Tor, & The Camel.
STINKA TOR SX 5680 8800 AKA Stenga Tor, Sourton Tor, & The Camel
STONE TOR SX 5710 7454 AKA Hollow Tor.
STONE TOR SX 6485 8568 AKA Thurstone Tor.
STONESLADE TOR SX 712     779
STRANE TOR SX 615    714
SWELL TOR SX 5620 7320
TAPTER SX 7360 7624 AKA Top Tor.
TAVY CLEAVE TOR SX 555     834
THORNWORTHY TOR SX 665     851
THREE BARROWS TOR SX 653     626
THURSTONE TOR SX 6485 8568 AKA Stone Tor.
TOP TOR SX 7360 7624 AKA Tapter.
TORRY COMBE TOR SX 5745 6152 AKA Whit Hill Tor.
UDAL TOR SX 5155 6714
VIXEN TOR SX 542     742 AKA The Egyptian Sphinx.
VOKKETORRE SX 567     735 AKA Foggin Tor.
VOLCANO, THE SX 551     842 AKA Hare Tor.
VUR TOR SX 5655 7249 AKA Fur Tor & Forter
WACKA TOR SX 662     621
WAIN TOR SX 5640 7630 AKA Little Mis Tor.
WALTER TOR SX 629     868 AKA Watern Tor.
WARREN TOR SX 687     814 AKA Birch Tor.
WAS TOR SX 5001 8295 AKA Wassa’s Tor.
WASSA’S TORR SX 5001 8295 AKA Was Torr.
WATERN BOROUGH SX 629     868 AKA. Watern Tor.
WATERN TOR SX 629     868 AKA. Watern Borough & Walter Tor.
WAYDON TOR SX 620     780 AKA Higher White Tor & Whitten Tor.
WELLS TOR SX 7430 7300 AKA Welstor Rock.
WEST MIL TOR SX 5875 9099
WHIT HILL TOR SX 5745 6152 AKA Torry Combe Tor
WHIT TOR SX 542     787 AKA Peter Tor, Peterstone Rock
WHITEHILL TOR SX 5739 6149 AKA Torry Combe Tor.
WHITTEN TOR SX 620     780 AKA Higher White Tor & Waydon Tor.
WIDGERY TOR SX 5398 8557 AKA Brai Tor & Brat Tor.
WILD TOR SX 623     877 AKA Wills Torn.
WILLS TOR SX 623     877 AKA Wild Tor.
WIND TOR SX 708     758
WINTER TOR SX 6098 9159
YANNADON CRAGS SX 5494 6759 AKA Click Tor & Cleag Tor.
YAR TOR SX 678     740 AKA Hurtestorre, Hartor, & Heart Tor
YES TOR SX 5644 7247 AKA. East Tor.
YES TOR SX 581     902 AKA Eagles Hill
YONDER TOR SX 6215 6980 AKA Little Fox Tor.
YSFOTHER SX 5783 7422 AKA North Hessary Tor

About Tim Sandles

Tim Sandles is the founder of Legendary Dartmoor

5 comments

  1. Where could I find the etymology for West/East Mil/Mill tors?

  2. Michaela Lilly

    Where can i find out where the Tors get their names from?

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